On July 23, 2007, two men broke into a house and killed a mother and two daughters. The murderers were Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes. At around 3a.m., they broke into the Petit families house. They sexually harassed Michaela, an eleven year old girl, and Jeniffer Hawke-Petit,the forty eight year old mother before killing the two as well as Hayley, the oldest daughter(17). They also set the house on fire. They are charged with felony murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and arson. Dr. William Petit, the father, wants these two murderers to be sent to death penalty and is fighting for it. He is saying that his family died and it is not justice to allow these men to live. The case was listed as Class A felony which is able to sentence up to 10 years. However, Dr. William Petit will not be satisfied unless they are sent to death penalty. The problem is that the death penalty's existence itself is also being argued. Right now 61% of people are for the death penalty and 34% are not.
Now the place where the Petit family's home was is now a garden.
These two men should be sent to death penalty for sure because of the justice to the the Petit family as well as to make sure these two cruel men will never get a chance to take advantage of other weaker people as well. I feel that it is not right to even give them a second chance for what they have done to this family. Death penalty must remain for cases like this. Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes must sent to death penalty.
Check this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/01/connecticut.petit.slayings/index.html?iref=allsearch
I totally agree with you Sean. Forget the fact that Dr. William Petit is fighting for them to get death penalty. Just the fact that they have 4 charges against them is to send them right to death penalty. They committed 4 assaults not only against society but against themselves too. They are only destroying their own lives.
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